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Re: [TowerTalk] Inverted v or flattop

To: Jim Miller WB5OXQ <wb5oxq@grandecom.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Inverted v or flattop
From: Bill Coleman <aa4lr@arrl.net>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 23:46:42 -0400
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On Oct 2, 2005, at 11:07 PM, Jim Miller WB5OXQ wrote:

> I can support a 40meter dipole from the 30' to 30' up the 53' tower  
> as a flat top or pull the center support up to 50' on the crankup.   
> So which would be better for overall use on 40?  Inverted v with  
> ends at 30 AND CENTER AT 50 OR A FLATTOP AT 30?

A 40m dipole at 30 feet is not quite 1/4 wavelength off the ground.  
At that height, there's not going to be much of a pattern with most  
of the energy going straight up.

50 is a better height. Even with the inverted V, you're better off  
higher. 50 is 3/8 wavelength high.

If you have some trees and can get that dipole 70-100 feet high, even  
better. Then you could start to really worry about the orientation of  
the antenna.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
             -- Wilbur Wright, 1901

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